论文围绕与陶渊明相关的两大主题专门加以探讨，在全面梳理、借鉴、反思前人研究基础上，对陶渊明生平事迹、作品系年、诗文流传、宋元陶集版本、陶集误收作品、陶集异文给出思考回应。 第二至三章，以问题为导向，就陶渊明生平事迹、作品系年的某些疑点，选取若干代表案例，集中进行辨析。具体包括：颜延之《陶徵士诔》“年在中身”与陶渊明享年的关系；《宋书·陶潜传》作者成书及其对陶渊明形象的塑造、对传记材料的剪裁；《建康实录》所记陶渊明辞彭泽令时间（义熙三年九月）、隐居地点（彭泽山）、元嘉四年十一月被刘宋朝廷征辟事；李焘《陶潜新传》、杨恪《陶渊明年谱》取得的学术成就、在陶渊明传记年谱发展史上的意义；《始作镇军参军经曲阿》《还旧居》《饮酒二十首》《咏贫士七首》写作时间；陶渊明初出为官的问题，是否担任刘裕镇军参军？是否寓居都城建康六载？《饮酒》其十九与陶渊明享年的关系，陶诗“阮公”是谁？《咏贫士》组诗创作背景等。 第四至七章，以《文选》《艺文类聚》、一首杜诗、三首元稹诗为切入点，补充说明陶集作品的早期流传，揭示陶渊明经典化造成的学术史遮蔽；以宋庠本、思悦本、苏写本（绍兴本）、李公焕《笺注陶渊明集》、刘辰翁批校《陶渊明诗集》、蔡正孙《精刊补注东坡和陶诗话》、焦竑刻《陶靖节先生集》为研究个案，考察宋元陶集相关问题，纠正学界某些相沿成习的误解（如“宋庠本是已知最早的陶集刊本”、“现存宋本陶集源出宋庠本”、“苏写本陶集系以苏东坡手书上版印行”、“李公焕本成于宋末”、“焦竑本中的‘宋本’校语指‘宋庠本’”）；论证《问来使》、“种苗在东皋”、《五孝传》《圣贤群辅录》为何、如何、何时进入陶集？又在何种情形下、因何目的、经何途径被移除陶集？陶集文本流动的背后，暗含怎样的文学观念、意识形态、政治诉求？将陶集异文划分为八种类型，总结异文篇目、卷次、文体分布规律，勾勒复合型异文生成机制，指出宋本陶集（宋刻递修本、曾集本）异文位置的混乱；以《赠长沙公族祖》、《拟古》其一、《游斜川》中的四处异文为中心，分析陶集异文造成的阐释误区；以例证形式，补充说明目前学界通行的六种陶集整理本校勘方面存在的某些不足。
The thesis focuses on two major themes related to Tao Yuanming. Based on comprehensively combing, drawing lessons from, and reflecting on previous studies, the paper responds to Tao Yuanming's life story, writing time of works, circulation of works, the version of Tao Yuanming's Collection, Tao Yuanming's Collection misaccepted works, different texts of Tao Yuanming's Collection. The second to third chapters of this paper are problem-oriented, selecting some doubts about Tao Yuanming's life story and writing time of works, focus on discriminating. The details include: the relationship between Yan Yanzhi's Tao Zhengshi Lei（颜延之《陶徵士诔》） and Tao Yuanming's death year; the author of Tao Qian Biography of Song Shu (《宋书·陶潜传》）and its shaping of Tao Yuanming's image and tailoring of biographical materials; The time to resign Pengze county magistrate, reclusive place, and November of the fourth year of Yuanjia was confiscated by the Liu Song court recorded in Jiankang Memoir (《建康实录》）; The academic achievements of Li Tao's New Biography of Tao Qian (李焘《陶潜新传》） and Yang Ke's Chronology of Tao Yuanming (杨恪《陶渊明年谱》） and their significance in the development history of Tao Yuanming's biography; The writing time of Served as General's Staff Officer through Quer City (《始作镇军参军经曲阿》）, Returning to Old Residence (《还旧居》）, Twenty Drinking poems (《饮酒二十首》）, and Seven poems to the Poor(《咏贫士七首》）; Problems of Tao Yuanming became an official at the beginning? Did he serve as General Liu Yu's staff? Has he lived in capital Jiankang for six years? Was the nineteenth poem of Twenty Drinking poems related to Tao Yuanming's death year? Who is "Ruan Gong"(“阮公”）in Tao Yuanming's poems? What is the background of Seven poems to the Poor? The fourth to seventh chapter of this paper: Selecting Selected Works(《文选》）, Art and Literature Collection(《艺文类聚》）, one poem of Du Fu, three poems of Yuan Zhen as the pointcut, supplement to explain the early circulation of Tao Yuanming's works, revealing the obscuration of academic history caused by Tao Yuanming's canonization; Selecting Song Xiang edition, Si Yue edition, Su Shi Writing edition (Shaoxing edition), Li Gonghuan's Annotating Tao Yuanming's Collection(李公焕《笺注陶渊明集》）, Liu Chenweng's Commentary on Tao Yuanming Poems(刘辰翁批校《陶渊明诗集》）, Cai Zhengsun JingKan BuZhu DongPo HeTaoShi Hua(蔡正孙《精刊补注东坡和陶诗话》）and Tao Jingjie Collection Imprinted by Jiao Hong in the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty(明万历焦竑刻《陶靖节先生集》）as research cases, investigating editions of Tao Yuanming's Collection in Song and Yuan Dynasty , and correcting some misunderstanding in the academic circle. Demonstrating why, how and when Asking Messenger(《问来使》）, Jiang Yan's "Seedling in Donggao"(江淹“种苗在东皋”）, Wuxiao Biography(《五孝传》）and Shengxian Qunfulu(《圣贤群辅录》）mixed into Tao Yuanming's Collection；Under what circumstances, for what purpose, and by what means was removed from Tao Yuanming's Collection? Behind the flow of Tao Yuanming's Collection text, what literary concepts, ideologies, and political demands are implied? Different texts of Tao Yuanming's Collection are divided into eight types, summarizing distribution rules, outlining generation mechanism, pointing out the misplacement of Tao Yuanming's Collection different texts in Song Dynasty. Focusing on four different texts in Gift to Grandfather Changsha Gong(《赠长沙公族祖》）, The first poem of Nimitation(《拟古》其一）, and Visiting Xiechuan(《游斜川》）as the center, analyzing the interpretation errors caused by different texts of Tao Yuanming's Collection. Examples are given to illustrate some deficiencies in the collation of six kinds of Tao Yuanming's Collection commonly used incurrent academic circle.
